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That is ridiculous. Unless there is a rock quality issue not apparent in the picture, anchor bolts should not be so far apart. In good rock spacing them the distance between your spread pinky and thumb is fine. Giant lengths of chain should only be used if you absolutely have to place the bolts somewhere to get good quality rock which would then make the rope run over a sharp edge. I had to use long chains over the roof on Man overboard at Rumney, but I hate the way they look. Out at a place like Rainbow I think you particularly want to keep the anchors low impact visually.

Stud bolts get used because they are so much less $$$ Especially in SS..i have seen many a botch job over torqueing 5 piece bolts, even 1/2 ones.Even with the anchors that far apart, it's better than the chain/sling deal. The other pic is still my prefered placement of anchors..off set high/low, but without nylon of course.

Why the off-set, John? It seems to just make it more of a pain to even up the anchors. I see that style a lot on old set-ups that need to be upgraded, that and bolts two feet apart, which just increases the force on them unless lengthened with huge chains or runners.

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